Image Gallery

180901-N-EE771-1030 GUAM (Sept. 1, 2018) Sailors attached to Navy Cargo Handling Battalion (NCHB) 1, Detachment Guam, move supplies from Naval Base Guam onboard the expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) in preparation for Valiant Shield, Sept. 1, 2018. NCHB 1 Det. Guam, assigned to Commander, Task Force 75, is the Navy’s only active duty cargo handling battalion, and is a rapidly deployable operating unit of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, capable of loading and discharging ships and aircraft in all climatic and threat conditions. Valiant Shield is a U.S. only, biennial field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on integration of joint training in a blue-water environment among U.S. forces. This training enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces through detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging units at sea, in the air, on land, and in cyberspace in response to a range of mission areas. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Mary Smith/Released)